Vanessa Filho
French film director and screenwriter
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Vanessa Filho (born 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. She has written and directed the feature films Angel Face (2018) and Consent (2023).[2][3] In 2024, she was nominated for the César Award for Best Adaptation for Consent.
Early life
Filho was born in 1980.[1] Her father was a commercial director and her mother was a literature teacher.[1] She became fascinated with cinema at the age of 13 when she watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue (1993).[1]
Career
In 2001, Filho directed her first medium-length film, Primitifs.[1] She later directed several music videos and launched her own musical career as part of the female duo Smoking Smoking.[1]
Her feature directorial debut, Angel Face, starring Marion Cotillard,[4][1] premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.[5]
Filho's second feature film, Consent,[6] based on Vanessa Springora's #MeToo bestseller Le Consentement, was released in 2023 and became a box office hit in France,[7][8] and Filho was nominated for the 2024 César Awards for Best Adaptation.[9]
On 23 August 2022, it was announced that Filho will direct the English and French-language period thriller Trespassers, starring Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Primitifs | Medium-length film |
| 2007 | Be a Good Girl | Short film |
| 2018 | Angel Face | |
| 2023 | Consent | |
Accolades
| Year | Award / Festival | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard Award | Angel Face | Nominated | [11] |
| Camerimage | Best Directorial Debut | Nominated | [12] | ||
| 2024 | Paris Film Critics Association Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Consent | Nominated | [13] |
| César Awards | Best Adaptation | Nominated | [9] | ||
